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| Company type | Public |
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| CSE: CONN.N0000 | |
| ISIN | LK0281N00002 |
| Industry | |
| Predecessor | Connaissance de Ceylan Hotels |
| Founded | 1981; 44 years ago (1981) |
| Founder | Chandra Wickramasinghe of Connaissance de Ceylan Hotels[1] |
| Headquarters | , Sri Lanka |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  LKR1,531 million (2023) |
 LKR(892) million (2023) | |
| LKR(824) million (2023) | |
| Total assets |  LKR5,409 million (2023) |
| Total equity | LKR1,234 million (2023) |
| Owner |
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Number of employees | 699 (2023) |
| Parent | Hayleys |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
Amaya Resorts & Spas, trading asHayleys Leisure PLC (formerlyAmaya Leisure PLC), is aSri Lankanhospitality company. The company is listed on theColombo Stock Exchange on 11 March 1996 and Sri Lankan conglomerate,Hayleys owns a controlling stake of 61.66% of the company's stocks (40.32% directly and 21.34% via its subsidiary, Dean Foster (Pvt) Ltd).[3] In 2020, Amaya Resorts & Spas ranked 87th amongst the top 100 most valuable brands in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance.[4]
Amaya Leisure commenced operations in 1981 as Connaissance, a tour operator and then in 1994, built achalet-type hotel adjacent to theKandalama lake. The hotel has 106 rooms and has been upgraded to four-star class and rebranded as Amaya Lake in 2005.[5] Hayleys acquired Amaya Leisure PLC on September 1, 2011. Back then, the company consisted of only three resorts, Amaya Lake, Amaya Hills, and Amaya Langdale.[6] In 2012, Amaya acquired the Lake Lodge in Kandalama and was planning to add 400 rooms as expansion.[7] As part ofTripadvisor's travellers choice, Amaya Langdale, a luxuryboutique hotel, was ranked amongst the Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Sri Lanka in 2014.[8]
In 2016, Amaya Leisure sold 84.3 per cent of shares of The Beach Resorts Limited toDhammika Perera, the co-chairman andcontrolling shareholder of Hayleys, for LKR330.1 million in arelated party transaction.[9] The Beach Resorts Limited is afreehold property located inWadduwa. In the same year, Amaya Leisure ventured into the Maldives by acquiring a 51-villa luxury resort for US$23 million.[9] In 2017, Amuna Ayurveda Retreat won the Best Wellness Retreat at the World Spa Awards.[10] In September 2017, Amaya Hills celebrated its 20th anniversary andYes FM sponsored the main event held at Le Garage, the hotel's nightclub.[11] In 2021, the long-term director/shareholder, Lalin Samarawickrama, who was the fourth-largest shareholder, quit the company and sold his stake of 9% toSri Lanka Insurance Corporation.[12]
Currently, the company has a capacity of 439 rooms across its nine properties, while owning six of them and managing the other three properties on behalf of third-party owners.[3] Amuna Ayurveda Retreat is located in Kimbissa, Sigiriya. The retreat is built in a manner to represent a traditional village and built using recycled materials. The medicinal oil and food are grown in the village itself and the meals served to the guests are purely vegetarian.[10]
